Effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) treatment in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder(OCD)
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2016/04/006837
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Psychiatry National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 35
1)Diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)as per DSM-V criteria (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, American Psychiatric Association, 2013)
2)If the participants are on medications, they would need to be on stable dose of SSRI for atleast 3 months
3)Clinically Significant OCD as evidenced by a cut-off YBOCS severity score of >=16
Age range: 18 â?? 45 years; 6) Both sexes; 7) Right Handedness and 8) Written informed consent.
1) Features suggestive of psychiatric emergency (for example: suicidal risk, aggression, excitement, catatonia, prolonged nutritional deprivation or any other status requiring intensive clinical care),
2) Any contraindication to tDCS procedure â?? (i) metallic implants in the head, (ii) implanted brain medical devices, (iii) local lesion or injury in the scalp / head, 3) Co-morbid psychiatric diagnoses such as psychosis, bipolar disorder, substance dependence (including nicotine dependence) 4) Mental retardation, neurological disorders and other organic brain disorders 5) Left Handedness.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Degree(Severity) of Obsessive and compulsive symptoms <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Daily before next tDCS sessions <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method CognitionTimepoint: Twice. Before intervention and after intervention